S4E10 (ft. Tavi Gandhi @tavigandhi): BROWN GIRL TAKES PAGEANT CROWN

S4E10: Meet Tavi Gandhi— a South Asian pageant queen and influencer. She is the winner of Miss Grand New Jersey and was the youngest in the Top 20 of this year’s Miss Grand USA!

In this episode we cover a variety of topics across our 4 segments: 📚LIFE STORY📚 🔥HOT SEAT🔥 🤫SHADOWS🤫 🔦SPOTLIGHT🔦: BROWN GIRL TAKES PAGEANT CROWN

We talk about Tavi’s upbringing between Ohio and New Jersey, her Punjabi and Sikh identity, and the formative experiences that shaped her confidence and ambition. In the Hot Seat, we jump into rapid-fire questions, and in Shadows, we unpack her mental health journey — from bullying and struggles with anxiety/depression to learning how to protect herself in highly visible spaces. In Spotlight, we explore how she took the pageant crown while challenging beauty norms, being flattened dimensionally with pretty privilege, answering political questions on stage, breaking into tech and entrepreneurship with ventures like the Lazrani clothing line, and more!

Tavi’s IG: @tavigandhi (https://www.instagram.com/tavigandhi/) Tavi’s Tik Tok: @tavigandhi (https://www.tiktok.com/@tavigandhi) Tavi's YouTube: @tavigandhi (https://www.youtube.com/@TaviGandhi)

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